Busted Flat

"Busted flat in Bangkok, waiting for a plane... feeling 'bout as faded as our kids..."

So here we are in Bangkok, waitin' for Bobby McGee. Not as faded as all that, although there are moments when the jet lag catches us! Our visa drama continued for 2 days, as it looked like Bhutan had shut down visas for families a few days before ours was due to be issued. Just as we were looking into giving up the medicine-in-Bhutan idea and becoming ex pats in Bangkok (this would probably involve becoming dishwashers to support our growing need for iced milk green teas and the kids addiction to their ozonated Thai pool) the visas came through this afternoon! Kelly attributes this to diplomacy, while I am sure it is my sudden boost in karma from all my donations to the elephant funds. When I wrote that in a note to our friend Allyson Whyte, Kelly claimed I was lying. But I never said these were financial donations. It was spiritual money. My soul was with the elephants. Deeply. In fact, I thought I might have to ride them into Bhutan if the damn visas didn't come through.